CHANCE TO APPROVE OR REJECT A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR WATER BONDS THAT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER. A MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS A PLAN FOR HOW TO HELP CALIFORNIA FARMS. JOHN BOEHNER'S PLAN WOULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF A RESTORATION PROJECT THAT IS GOING ON ALONG THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER. IT IS NOT JUST ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHO OPPOSE IT. THE RIVER IS RUNNING LOW AND NOT AS LOW AS IT USED TO RUN IN SOME PLACES NEAR FRESNO. FOR DECADES, PUMPING LITERALLY EMPTIED THE SAN JOAQUIN. ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND FARMERS SETTLED A LAWSUIT AND PUT MORE WATER INTO THE RIVER TO REESTABLISH THE SALMON POPULATION. IT WAS A LANDMARK FOR CALIFORNIA AND THE FIRST TIME THAT A JUDGE HAD STEPPED IN AND SAID THAT FISH MATTER. IN 2009, THE FULL RESTORATION IS EXPECTED TO COST $1 BILLION. JOHN BOEHNER SAYS IT SHOULD BE HALTED SO THAT WATER CAN GO TO FARMS AND THE JOBS THEY SUPPORT. HOW YOU CAN FAVOR FISH OVER PEOPLE IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN MY PART OF THE WORLD WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND. SENT MORE WATER SOUTH TO THE MAJOR CANALS. THE SECOND PART OF THE PROPOSAL HAS PEOPLE IN THE DELTA CONCERNED. EVERY TIME THE PUMP IS TURNED ON, THEY NOTICE. WE HAVE LOW WATER LEVELS WHEN THE PUM ARE RUNNING -- PUMPS ARE RUNNING. WE DO NOT LIKE BEING IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER FARMERS. , BUT -- BUT, THE CONFLICTS ARE PRETTY ENTRENCHED AND LONG-TERM. LIKELY TO GET BITTER. EVERY DAY, THE DROUGHT DRAGS ON. DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT AND TODAY, SHE SAID THAT THE BOEHNER PLAN WILL RUN INTO